Category: Personal

It’s my 42nd birthday! A perfect time for a me-centric article.  I love this type of content, it’s a fun excuse to think and talk about myself. So, please, humor me in this navel gazing exercise. 40ish Facts About Me I’ve organized my facts into categories, as I can’t help

It’s hard to believe that Ish Mom turns seven this year. In 2018, with a toddler, an infant, and two more kids glimmering on the horizon, the internet felt like a lifeline and a source of frustration. Where was the parenting content that resonated with the reality I was living?

Modern society has a problem regarding criticism. No, it’s not that we’re too nasty or divisive or strident (though, of course, those things are true, too).  It’s the opposite tendency I find worrisome: a seemingly rising inability to criticize things that we like. But all kinds of things that we

My melatonin nightmares involve rejection from men. It could be my husband, my college boyfriend, some boy from middle school, or maybe this dude I sometimes see (and have never spoken to!) at the gas station.  I have four children. And a husband, mother, sister, and friends that I adore.

Younger me claimed that she couldn’t wait to reach 40, the age “old enough” for my life lessons to be heeded. Now? Anticipatory triumph blends with a subconscious dread of mortality and completely conscious fears of the inevitable decline. Everything is as it should be, I suppose. Over the years,

Non-reactive toys are quiet toys. They do not beep or light up or spin around or have screens. Non-reactive toys require more imagination than reactive toys. The toddler or preschooler must provide the sound effects, movement, etc., rather than the toy. What Are Reactive Toys? Simply, reactive toys are the

Cottagecore began sprinkling social media feeds in 2017. Fueled by Tumblr posts, Taylor Swift albums, and pandemic life, cottagecore was more of a full-blown movement by the spring of 2020. I, of course, am a teensy bit late to the Cottagecore trend. But now I’m really into it. Welcome to

I’ve learned many things in my 38 rotations around the sun. Well, I’ve learned 38 things; no more, no less. These are the 38 things I’ve learned in 38 years. Self/Development Negative emotions can be felt without being reacted to It’s fine to outgrow people, including and most importantly, past